Department of Neurology Moonlighting Policy

Any activity in which a neurology resident engages for compensation over and above his/her HOA-negotiated salary is considered to be moonlighting. This includes all extracurricular clinical or non-clinical work performed by a resident outside the scope of his/her residency training program and/or outside of time spent in training activities. The institutional extracurricular medical practice form must be completed and revised at least annually, whether or not the Neurology resident is engaged in extracurricular medical practice.

The following policies regarding moonlighting pertain to neurology residents.

  1. The department of neurology prohibits internal moonlighting (within our department) among neurology residents. External moonlighting (outside the University of Michigan or its affiliated institutions) can be considered in accordance to the programatic and institutional policies.
  2. Moonlighting can only be on a voluntary basis. A resident may never be required to participate in any moonlighting activity for any reason.
  3. All moonlighting activities count towards duty hour limits.
  4. Residents who wish to engage in external moonlighting must be in good program standing and have active, full-time resident status. Resident eligibility for moonlighting must be approved on a case-by-case basis by both the program director and department chair, who will take into account the residents’ faculty evaluations and academic performance in making this decision. Requests will be approved or denied based on resident performance and educational progress and institutional and regulatory guidelines.
  5. Moonlighting must not interfere with the ability of the resident/fellow to achieve the goals and objectives of the educational program.
  6. Moonlighting activities and duty hours will be monitored monthly. If duty hour restrictions are not met, or if a resident’s academic performance appears to suffer as the result of moonlighting activities, approval to moonlight will be withdrawn.
  7. Residents must hold a full Michigan license (not an educational limited license) to practice medicine, a DEA license and a Michigan controlled substance license. The application costs for these will not be covered by the department of neurology.
  8. Residents must not moonlight while simultaneously on call in the educational program.
  9. Once a new moonlighting activity is approved by the Program Director, the resident must revise or replace the existing institutional extracurricular medical practice form so that it is up to date.
  10. A resident may challenge the denial of requested moonlighting privileges. Such a challenge is best made through the Program’s Grievance Process. (Please see the Department of Neurology Grievance Policy.)

Updated 12/22/2008